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just like week in the new york city times under the headline "love people, not pleasure", he wrote while money relieves suffering in cases of true material need, when money becomes an end in itself it can bring misery too. that message has some people scratching their heads coming as it does from the president of the american enterprise institute. fund by some 1,200 donors including exxon mobile, the american petroleum institute, the walmart foundation shs the pharmaceutical industry and the chairman of the carlisle group. that's the global private equity firm with the touch of minus. it's not love that give these powers their clout in washington. it is money. so what's this former professor of the french horn, yes, the french horn, up to and how did he reach the top of the conservative pecking order in washington? one thing by teaching business, government and economics for years at syracuse university. for another, by writing ten books. this is the most recent "the road to freedom: how to win the fight for free enterprise." and by his own pill gram grimmage to understand how human bein
just like week in the new york city times under the headline "love people, not pleasure", he wrote while money relieves suffering in cases of true material need, when money becomes an end in itself it can bring misery too. that message has some people scratching their heads coming as it does from the president of the american enterprise institute. fund by some 1,200 donors including exxon mobile, the american petroleum institute, the walmart foundation shs the pharmaceutical industry...
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our cities struggle to pay for services. the powers-that-be in bankrupt detroit even cut off the water to some residents. schools and libraries are closing. public parks decay. and the war party in washington clamors for billions of dollars more for foreign interventions -- bombs, rockets, drones, even troops. 20 million americans who would like a full-time job still can't get one, yet corporations are sitting on more than $2 trillion in cash while revenue from corporate income taxes are down from 40% in 1943 to just below 10% in 2012. all this as some of the largest and richest corporations are now resorting to legal hanky-panky that allows them to "renounce their citizenship," meaning they can pretend to be headquartered abroad and make big profits on which they pay little or no u.s. taxes. here's what president obama said recently about that practice, known as inversion. >> now, here's the problem is this loophole they're using in our tax laws is actually legal. it's so simple and so lucrative, one corporate attorney said
our cities struggle to pay for services. the powers-that-be in bankrupt detroit even cut off the water to some residents. schools and libraries are closing. public parks decay. and the war party in washington clamors for billions of dollars more for foreign interventions -- bombs, rockets, drones, even troops. 20 million americans who would like a full-time job still can't get one, yet corporations are sitting on more than $2 trillion in cash while revenue from corporate income taxes are down...
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busiest streets in the city for a week. the owners of one57's apartments will not be paying their full share of property taxes either, thanks to a dodgy deal slipped into a housing bill by state senator martin golden and other legislators in albany. >> it's the normal bill that we do every several years to give our condos and co-ops the tax abatements that they get and that they require. >> normal? what senator golden is really doing is carving out a tax break for five luxury properties, including extell's one57. state senator liz krueger called him out on it. >> this bill, as i said, has some important things in it, but it's also a perfect example of what goes wrong in the wheeling dealing of the backrooms of albany. >> in exchange for the developer putting $5.9 million into affordable housing in the bronx, pocket change given the prices on billionaires' row, those wealthy pied-À-terre buyers could get as much as $35 million in tax breaks. >> an example in a recent news story was a $90 million 13,554 square foot penthouse
busiest streets in the city for a week. the owners of one57's apartments will not be paying their full share of property taxes either, thanks to a dodgy deal slipped into a housing bill by state senator martin golden and other legislators in albany. >> it's the normal bill that we do every several years to give our condos and co-ops the tax abatements that they get and that they require. >> normal? what senator golden is really doing is carving out a tax break for five luxury...
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offices at the city council? >> right yes, the, in the '90s, there, a chevron executive had a desk in the city manager's office. and that's outrageous. that's, you know, corporations taking over city government. how outrageous. >> but you need chevron to keep richmond thriving. >> well, the fact of the matter is that chevron, you know, pays, if you look at our whole budget, they only pay 12 percent of the whole entire budget. some people say 30 percent of our general fund, but we think they should be paying more in taxes. we did get that $114 million settlement in 2010 based on a multiyear public pressure campaign that, you know, called for fair taxation and we passed a ballot measure. the voters passed a ballot measure which would've taxed chevron more. chevron brought it to court and the court overturned it. but that's why, they knew we were going to put it forward again. and so chevron sat down with the city and said, hey, you know, we'll come up with a tax settlement and they did. and you know, we considered
offices at the city council? >> right yes, the, in the '90s, there, a chevron executive had a desk in the city manager's office. and that's outrageous. that's, you know, corporations taking over city government. how outrageous. >> but you need chevron to keep richmond thriving. >> well, the fact of the matter is that chevron, you know, pays, if you look at our whole budget, they only pay 12 percent of the whole entire budget. some people say 30 percent of our general fund, but...
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rest of the city. in order to relieve all the congestion in downtown london, they decided to replace the industries out here with what became the world's ultimate port. the docklands organized shipping for the vast british empire. evoking the days when britannia ruled the waves, the old west india warehouses survive. but rather than trading sugar and rum, today they house the museum of london docklands and a row of happening restaurants. london's docklands illustrates how, in order to fully experience the energy of a great city, you often need to get out of the historic old town and explore its modern business district. ♪ follow the sky, way beyond the river. ♪ >infinity hall live, presents aimee mann. >>i have been asked many times what kind of music i play and i have never been able to answer that question, so i usually just say like, you know, singer song writer-y kind of stuff. and for me, that actually does seem like a genre. i have at some point trio
rest of the city. in order to relieve all the congestion in downtown london, they decided to replace the industries out here with what became the world's ultimate port. the docklands organized shipping for the vast british empire. evoking the days when britannia ruled the waves, the old west india warehouses survive. but rather than trading sugar and rum, today they house the museum of london docklands and a row of happening restaurants. london's docklands illustrates how, in order to fully...
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country are gathering here in new york city for the people's climate march. it could be the largest such march and rally ever. and it comes two days before delegates from around the world will meet at the united nations for a summit on climate change. the demonstrators will urge the leaders and activists in attendance to act now to stop global warming before it's too late. at our website billmoyers.com, a you can find out more about the people's climate march and the u.n. summit, plus our continuing coverage of climate change news. that's all at billmoyers.com. i'll see you there and i'll see you here, next time. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> don't wait a week. visit billmoyers.com for exclusive blogs, essays and video features. >> announcer: funding is provided by -- anne gumowitz, encouraging the renewal of democracy. carnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement and the advancement of international peace and security at carnegie.org. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines
country are gathering here in new york city for the people's climate march. it could be the largest such march and rally ever. and it comes two days before delegates from around the world will meet at the united nations for a summit on climate change. the demonstrators will urge the leaders and activists in attendance to act now to stop global warming before it's too late. at our website billmoyers.com, a you can find out more about the people's climate march and the u.n. summit, plus our...
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i made promises to the people of my city. two years later, bill, we doubled, almost doubled voter turnout. how's that? and you know why? because i kept my word and people said, you know what? he is making a difference. he didn't lie to us. so if you have leadership which delivers, or at least says, franklin delano roosevelt, remember what he said? he said, these are the economic royalists. they hate my guts and i welcome their hatred because i'm on your side. that's the kind of policy and language we need. >> i apologize for being tedious but you're right, you know? we -- a lot of changes. black rights, women's rights, gay rights. but here in new york, we have a governor who's been really good on gay rights and he's a handmaiden of wall street. i mean, hillary clinton, chuck schumer, their constituency is wall street. so people who want to come out and do what you want to do, are led by people who say, well, we'll go only so far because our loyalty remains to money. >> okay, yes. the only point, there is a difference between
i made promises to the people of my city. two years later, bill, we doubled, almost doubled voter turnout. how's that? and you know why? because i kept my word and people said, you know what? he is making a difference. he didn't lie to us. so if you have leadership which delivers, or at least says, franklin delano roosevelt, remember what he said? he said, these are the economic royalists. they hate my guts and i welcome their hatred because i'm on your side. that's the kind of policy and...
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been frightening our neighbors here in new york city merely by walking down the street at twilight's last gleaming, headed to central park, where under the stars, he storms and stalks and strides the stage as shakespeare's aging, raging old tyrant, descending into dementia, at war with time, his daughters and himself. there is no more difficult role in the theater, and no play more relevant to the moment, anytime and anywhere it's performed. with all the carnage and violence around us in the world, king lear mirrors the folly of reckless leadership, the arrogance of power, and the depth of human anguish. >> blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! you cataracts and hurricanoes, spout till you have drench'd our steeples, drown'd the cocks! you sulphurous and thought-executing fires, vaunt-couriers to oak-cleaving thunder bolts, singe this white head! >>> the artistic director of new york's public theater, oskar eustis, says the current revival of interest in lear comes perhaps because the possibility of genuine chaos, real cannibalizing barbarism, is closer to the surface than
been frightening our neighbors here in new york city merely by walking down the street at twilight's last gleaming, headed to central park, where under the stars, he storms and stalks and strides the stage as shakespeare's aging, raging old tyrant, descending into dementia, at war with time, his daughters and himself. there is no more difficult role in the theater, and no play more relevant to the moment, anytime and anywhere it's performed. with all the carnage and violence around us in the...
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it's called "a tale of two cities." this is the very way she talked. "it was the best of times. it was the worst of times." i thought i had already seen that. in my house i'd had that book, but i didn't know it sounded like that. so, she read to me and then she told me that poetry was music written for the human voice. she must have told me that 50 times. then she said, "now, what i want you to do is i want you to try by yourself to say a poem." so, i'd get under my grandmother's bed -- she had a high bed, you know, the mattress was up high -- and i would get under the bed and try saying some of the poems out loud. i could hear them in my head, but to say them out loud. and finally it was through her and poetry that i began to talk. >> you said you would not talk? >> no. >> why? what was it? >> well, i had had a difficulty in st. louis when i was 7 1/2. i had been raped and the person who had raped me was killed. i said he -- i called his name and he was killed. and i thought at the time that it was my voice that caused the man to be dead and so i just refused to put my voice ou
it's called "a tale of two cities." this is the very way she talked. "it was the best of times. it was the worst of times." i thought i had already seen that. in my house i'd had that book, but i didn't know it sounded like that. so, she read to me and then she told me that poetry was music written for the human voice. she must have told me that 50 times. then she said, "now, what i want you to do is i want you to try by yourself to say a poem." so, i'd get under...
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for three centuries, until about 1600, the rosenbergs, bohemia's top noble family, ran the city from this perch. its 16th-century renaissance paint job is fancifully restored. visitors wait their appointed time for a tour in the castle courtyard. the interior gives a glimpse of the ultimate in bohemian noble living through the ages. imagine being a guest, back in the 16th century, of this man, count rosenberg. you'd enjoy the scenes frescoed here, which celebrate a rosenberg family wedding. then, riding his assembly line of fine living, you'd dine here. come back two centuries later, and you'd dine here. and, if the countess tired of your company, she'd retire to her adjacent bedroom, but only after a servant lit the candles on her meissen porcelain chandelier. and, of course, the party would go on, perhaps with a venetian-style masquerade party in the ballroom. for a little fresh air, you'd hike down this corridor 150 yards to the count's formal garden. but don't forget, at 8:00 p.m., the candles would be lit for a play in the baroque theater. europe once had several hundred fine ba
for three centuries, until about 1600, the rosenbergs, bohemia's top noble family, ran the city from this perch. its 16th-century renaissance paint job is fancifully restored. visitors wait their appointed time for a tour in the castle courtyard. the interior gives a glimpse of the ultimate in bohemian noble living through the ages. imagine being a guest, back in the 16th century, of this man, count rosenberg. you'd enjoy the scenes frescoed here, which celebrate a rosenberg family wedding....
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merwin was born in new york city, the son of a minister. after college, he lived in europe for a number of years, translated spanish and french poetry, learned how to support himself as a freelance-- writing, speaking, giving readings. he moved to hawaii where he lives in a dense forest including rare species of palm trees that he's planted. "poetry," he says, "always begins and ends with listening." >> yesterday. my friend says, "i was not a good son, you understand." i say, "yes, i understand." he says, "i did not go to see my parents very often, you know." and i say, "yes, i know." "even when i was living in the same city," he says, "maybe i would go there once a month or maybe even less." i say, "oh, yes." he says, "the last time i went to see my father..." i say, "the last time i saw my father..." he says, "the last time i saw my father he was asking me about my life, how i was making out, and he went into the next room to get something to give me." "oh," i say feeling again the cold of my father's hand the last time. he says, "and my
merwin was born in new york city, the son of a minister. after college, he lived in europe for a number of years, translated spanish and french poetry, learned how to support himself as a freelance-- writing, speaking, giving readings. he moved to hawaii where he lives in a dense forest including rare species of palm trees that he's planted. "poetry," he says, "always begins and ends with listening." >> yesterday. my friend says, "i was not a good son, you...
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he holds two academic appointments, one at the university of missouri-kansas city and also at the university of minnesota school of law. and welcome back. >> thank you. >> in a nutshell, what did the jury decide in sacramento? and why should we care? >> well, this is the first time that a jury has ever got to hear what actually caused the crisis. and the jury was horrified. because it was the lenders who deliberately made massive amounts of fraudulent loans and then sold these massive amounts of fraudulent loans through additional frauds to the secondary market and eventually brought down the global financial system. and the testimony that came out in the case is that the agents, the fbi agents and the irs agents simply assumed that the banks were the victims and the bankers were the victims and simply assumed that the little people, the mice, were the problem in all of this. so they never even investigated the banks and the bankers. >> the mice? >> yeah, the saying in the savings and loan debacle is you never wanted to be the guy that was chasing mice while lions roamed the campsite. so the
he holds two academic appointments, one at the university of missouri-kansas city and also at the university of minnesota school of law. and welcome back. >> thank you. >> in a nutshell, what did the jury decide in sacramento? and why should we care? >> well, this is the first time that a jury has ever got to hear what actually caused the crisis. and the jury was horrified. because it was the lenders who deliberately made massive amounts of fraudulent loans and then sold these...
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on "the atlantic" website, you'll see, we have actual maps where you can look at a city like chicago and see where the loans were and where the loans weren't. and this was a practice that lasted on paper into 1960, and likely much longer than that. >> so you go on, "until america reckons with the moral debt it has accrued and the practical damage it has done to generations of black americans, it will fail to live up to its own ideals." talk for just another moment about that practical damage. >> the most obvious example is obviously the wealth gap. when you have a family, on average that has 20 times the wealth, a white family has 20 times the wealth of black families and then you can really trace this to actual policy. you see it. again, you know, when we look at these incarceration rates, we see it. i mean, the gap is so, so huge. it's not a mere, minor discrepancy. we talk a lot about the achievement gap between black children and white children, but i'm always much more interested in the injury gap. a black child that comes into this world is, because of policy, because of the po
on "the atlantic" website, you'll see, we have actual maps where you can look at a city like chicago and see where the loans were and where the loans weren't. and this was a practice that lasted on paper into 1960, and likely much longer than that. >> so you go on, "until america reckons with the moral debt it has accrued and the practical damage it has done to generations of black americans, it will fail to live up to its own ideals." talk for just another moment...
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they'd pass through this imposing entryway and up to the religious heart of the city in the parthenon. the parthenon was perhaps the finest temple in the ancient world. valiantly battling the acidic air of our modern world, it still stands, with the help of ongoing restoration work. it was constructed in the 5th century b.c. and dedicated to the virgin goddess athena. seeing it today is awe-inspiring, but imagine how striking it must have looked when it was completed, nearly 2,500 years ago, in all its carved and brilliantly painted splendor. the adjacent erechtheion is famous for its porch of the caryatids -- six beautiful maidens functioning as columns. dedicated to athena and poseidon, this was one of the most important religious buildings on the acropolis. was the culmination of the panathenaic procession. at the foot of the acropolis, the ancient agora, or marketplace, sprawls out from its surviving temple. this is where, for 3,000 years, athenians gathered. while the acropolis was the center of ritual and ceremony, the agora was the beating heart of ancient athens. for some 800
they'd pass through this imposing entryway and up to the religious heart of the city in the parthenon. the parthenon was perhaps the finest temple in the ancient world. valiantly battling the acidic air of our modern world, it still stands, with the help of ongoing restoration work. it was constructed in the 5th century b.c. and dedicated to the virgin goddess athena. seeing it today is awe-inspiring, but imagine how striking it must have looked when it was completed, nearly 2,500 years ago, in...
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i was originally born in derry city in northern ireland. i've been singing since the age of four years old. at 11 years old, i started learning guitar, and i've been sort of writing music now since i was, like, 17. music was just so much fun, and i realized that's what i wanted to do. >> ♪ me ♪ to him really, the way we chose the songs was, we sat down, basically, thought about songs that everyone loves. ♪ forget about west ♪ go where the weather ♪ suits you best ♪ forget about north ♪ head for the south ♪ sunshine is there ♪ all year round don't forget about me is about leaving your worries behind, traveling on the road, and looking after yourself. ♪ forget about wisdom ♪ head for the coast ♪ help me forget the things ♪ that seem to hurt the most ♪ just don't forget about me nothing but you & i, it's just a really heartwarming song, and i'm really looking forward to playing it live too. >> ♪ that matters most to me ♪ ♪ there's nothing but you ♪ and i ♪ have i told you lately ♪ that i love you i'm a h
i was originally born in derry city in northern ireland. i've been singing since the age of four years old. at 11 years old, i started learning guitar, and i've been sort of writing music now since i was, like, 17. music was just so much fun, and i realized that's what i wanted to do. >> ♪ me ♪ to him really, the way we chose the songs was, we sat down, basically, thought about songs that everyone loves. ♪ forget about west ♪ go where the weather ♪ suits you best ♪ forget...